NaNoWriMo Update #2

Posted by on Nov 15, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Slow week. Lots of thinking about the story, but not much typing on the story (as you can see from the wordmeter). It’s interesting what kinds of things pop up, though, when you haven’t done a whole lot of planning. Like Lucy hitting a highway patrolwoman because she hasn’t been paying attention. Or having to dress in scary 80s fashion for a reunion party. Or ending up doing...
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NaNoWriMo Update #1

Posted by on Nov 8, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Things going fairly well this NaNo season, if not for the ennui and the self-sabotage and whatnot. I am about a thousand words ahead of where I was a couple of years ago. Which is okay, but not great. I’d really rather not have to write so much at the very end in order to win. Unfortunately, I managed to kill the stats from last year’s attempt, so I have no idea where I am in...
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On Your Mark…

Posted by on Nov 1, 2008 in dish | 1 comment NaNoWriMo starts today! Something about this web badge really appeals to me:Love the Viking helmet. Very Brünnhilde/shieldmaiden. Although typing in one of those metal corsets would be really uncomfortable, the idea of going after a new project like a Valkyrie has its own appeal.This year’s project: Belle on Wheels. Here’s the tag: Lucy Nugent is driving hell-bent through life in a...
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Loser!

Posted by on Nov 30, 2007 in dish | 0 comments Okay. If I can somehow write 9,100 words between now and midnight, I can still be a winner in this year’s NaNoWriMo.But since the squirrels are currently playing handball with what’s left of my cranium right now, I can’t see that happening. As it is, I racked up about 8K today, which is a hellacious output. Just not enough to make up for several days this month where my brain...
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NaNo Update, Week #3

Posted by on Nov 21, 2007 in dish | 2 comments Still behind–about 2,500 words off last year’s pace, which was behind enough in its own right. And I’d been sick for three days. Then. I have no excuse now! Using Chris Baty’s suggestion of 1,667 words per day to make writing 50K in 30 days manageable, I’m more off the pace than on. I owe more words than I’ve written.That’s okay. I think I’m out of...
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